Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-01-13


suppose ii alIl ~ In order to say that
W. are having weather. Aui weather, but
mostly zero weather aud dur at that.
J. VI Drerns la, left town for THE Hub"
win various AMI ,aairy projects in his head
aud e4,r IN hi, pocket. aud we NAV ex-
pect HIN back wheu the crows nesin TO sing.
hu,h with money 10 nuad up phosphate
works on the Hahcock side OF R4ccoon
Cove.
Oar dl,trc, school continue, ii session
uuaer the abr tuition Of SHERMAN $. one
OF TIE AMERICAN, correspondents. We
barn that IL Is to,H, good work and prob
atty may keep term OF private school af
ter the clo,r Of the district term.
We understand that there is quite a call
for stock in the East LAmoine Water Com
pan, The work wi. be completed IN the
r4Il, spring ami 5 considered by competent
judges 10 be the hr>t step in series Of pub
lie enterprises IN our district. Well, all We
can say, th- more the mrrrIer
Geo. +. Jordan is busy at the phosphate
WIZ, endeayor,ng to ill the numerous or
dtrS comm. from the westward. Since Mr..
Or ,-hy Of Boston became manager business
mas been carried along IN a systematic man
ner, giving stability to the industry.
The merchants, business men, and the
general public have petltIoned tho managers
OF the Boston and Bangor Steamboat Com
pany TO allow the steamer Rockland 10 re-
sumo her landings at our wharf, and We be
iIeyt that The petition has been favorably
ceived.
The young people Of this district have or
ganized for a series Of sociarles to be held
alternate weeks. The funds from this enter
pri,e viii BE- handed over to the "Cemrt-ry
Fund and il i, purposed BY the society to
commence work on the fence and other need
ed repairs in early spring.
Tho members Of the Unitarian society of
East LaroIne are working enrrgellcally and
are IN high spirits. They have secured the
basis of pubic circulating library, and
more books viii be received soon The pu!-
pm Is to be supplemented by he press, their
doctrine i, educate the people. Mrs. u NJ.
Smith IS librarian.
VIM. f. Desisles is rushing things along,
even through this cold weather. on the ex-
tension to his hotel; he has for workman
twenty SIX new rooms ready for the m4snns
az soon as the weather is more moderate.
This house, when finished. viii be large and
every way fitted up with bath rooms and
other conveniences, giving 1t the characterls-
ties of first class country hotel and board
ing house.
While your scribe has been confined 20
his sick room for weeks the rest Of our com
munity has been on The move. Sociables,
Grange meetings, schools-Hlgh and com
mon religious meetings. lectures, every
agency seems to he on the get up" Yes
lerda,, Judging from the number of slrIghs
passing my windows, the people from near
and far must have turned Sunday into a
slelg hing carnival.
must say Just here that inferring from
the amount Of medicine sent me BY NY good
friend, DR.. L. W. Hodgkins, after his last
call. shall not be able to resume work at
Sullivan as Don stated last week, but
will be there soon as able.
am authorltatlveIy informed that the |
Grange building. store and halls, are nearly /
paid for, the debt being less than 800, and !
that it will be cltssed with first class build |
ngs in town or country. during the last |
week the annual meeting for election of
officers, taking stock, etc, was held and the |
amount of stock in the store was "a 200 /
cash business OF from $4,000 to Sl4 900 |
has been done during the past year. /
dividend was paid to the stockh ers-all /
$500 on shares of $40 value. /
The store has been IN operation two years
and nine months and the original stock
holders have received 30 90 more than the /
value of their stock, besides receiving their
goods at a lower rate than outsiders.
So much for legitimate corporation.
Just now there is railroad question agi-
tating The public mind and occupying the
of the public press from Halifax,
ST. John, ST. Andrews St. Stephens, Port
land, Castlne, Bangor and various other
places, ''Where shall the Canadian Pacific
Railway find a safe, commodous and vslu-
able Atlantic port? Without saving any
thing about the difficulties in the way at
against 81. John and St. Andre VS., or the
advantages and disadvantages as connected
with the various places in our state, we
would offer few words in favor of our own
Frenchman's Bay, over any other place on
the eastern Atlantic seaboard, and Lamone
Point as the most available for the purposes
sought by this great trans continental and
transatlantic company Frenchman's Bay
ls the largest and best protected harbor on
the Atlantic seahoard, easy of access, light
ed ~ miles out 10 sea, always open, with
depth Of water from Is to 30 fathoms and
would accommodate the merchant marine of